Most Americans are opposed to the notion of homeowners simply walking away from their mortgage, says a new FindLaw survey. Also called a “strategic default,” some homeowners are choosing to voluntarily stop making their monthly mortgage payments, often because they cannot make the required monthly payments because of unemployment or other circumstances, or because the …
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Brazilian legal research goes online
Today, Thomson Reuters announced the launch of Revista dos Tribunais Online – Brazil’s first online legal research service. It is a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind product that gives legal professionals a full view of Brazilian legal information and promises to dramatically increase productivity for legal professionals across the country, which is second only to the United States …
- April 7, 2011
- Susan Martin
We’re going patriotic – Podcast 2: April 2011
We’re going patriotic for this month’s episode of the Legal Current podcast as we bring you two interviews with people who have had unique experiences with some aspect of the U.S. government. To start things out, we bring you an interview with freelance journalist and frequent contributor to the Super Lawyers publication Martin Kuz. We talk to Martin …
- April 1, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Super Lawyers contributor Martin Kuz recalls Peter Jennings Project
The following is a guest post from Super Lawyers contributor and freelance journalist Martin Kuz, detailing his experience as a fellow at the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution. Last month I had the good fortune to attend the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, a three-day fellowship program devoted to examining that hoary document’s sustained …
- April 1, 2011
- Susan Martin
WestlawNext named New Product of the Year by AALL
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that it has named WestlawNext™ as its New Product of the Year for 2011. As you can imagine, we’re delighted. In the news release announcing the award, Mike Dahn, chief marketing and product development officer, Westlaw U.S. (and a former law librarian, himself), said: “The WestlawNext team is honored to be …
- March 31, 2011
- Scott Augustin
Thomson Reuters wins five SABEW Best in Business awards
Here at Legal Current we definitely value great writing, which is why we are pleased to applaud the five Thomson Reuters winners of the American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business awards for 2010. Check out our corporate blog, The Knowledge Effect, to learn more.
- March 28, 2011
- Susan Martin
Social media revolution
The following guest post was written by attorney and blogger Anna Berend, a panelist at the Social Media Breakfast hosted by Thomson Reuters last week. Read below for her insight into the important legal issues at play in the social media space: It seems like almost everyone is connected to at least one, if not several, social …
- March 25, 2011
- Susan Martin
Innovation is accelerating
Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM), the world’s most trusted and authoritative patent database from Thomson Reuters, recently reached a historic milestone when it registered its 20 millionth invention, demonstrating that the pace of innovation is accelerating. The 20 millionth invention in DWPI, “MY 140727A,” was filed by a Malaysian oil and marine service company, IEV Group. The …
- March 25, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Twitter chat today on social media and the law
Don’t worry if you missed the live streaming video from last week’s social media and the law panel discussion that took part on our Eagan, Minn. campus because there’s still time to join the discussion. Once again we are teaming up with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast folks to host our first Twitter chat today, Thursday, …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Twitter chat transcript: Social media and the law
Thank you to everyone who participated in our inaugural Twitter chat today on social media and the law. If you missed out, don’t worry, the entire transcript can be found here. Legal Current hosted the event in partnership with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast and I think everyone in attendance would agree that it was a …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin